This thread reminded me of a story in my local newspaper years ago. Not really related to the thread, but I'm going to tell it anyway.

A student driver was at the head of a long line of cars at a traffic light. The reason the line was long was because every time the light turned green, the student would stall the car. And by the time they'd put the parking brake on, gone back into neutral and restarted the car, the light had turned red again.

After several go rounds of this, a few of the drivers began leaning on their horns. However, the 2nd car in line was a cop. Who after a few minutes came on his PA to announce.

"Come on now. We were all learners once. Let's have some patience please"

Emboldened by this show of support the student finally got the car in motion at the next attempt. Straight backwards into the police car.